The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not...

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable...

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable...

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things...

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things...

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much...

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much...

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a...

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a...

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work...

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work...